Kumejima Airport

Airport Profile

The construction of Kumejima airport was
funded by the USCAR (United States Civil
Administration of the Ryukyu Islands) and
was completed in July 1963. Private companies
began services in January 1965. The runway
was improved and services with YS11 aircraft
began in December 1968.
Repairs to the airport began in 1972 in order
to comply with Aviation law standards. Services
were resumed with a 1,200m runway in April
1977. In response to passenger demand to
increase aircraft capacity, the airport was
upgraded to a jet airport with a 2,000m runway
and resumed service in July 1997.

Specifics of the Airport

Item

Description

Classification

Local airport

Administrative body

Government of Okinawa Prefecture

Location

Simajiri-gun,Kumejima-cyo,Okinawa Prefecture

Reference point

26021'49"ém , 126042'50"E

Elevation

6.91m

Site area

622,888m2

Runway strip

length:2,120m width:150m , Class C

Runway

length:2,000m width:45m N21010'29"

Taxiway

length:112.5m width:30m

Apron

19,800m2 , 3berths formiddle-sized jets

Lighting facilities

ABN,PAPI,REDL,RWYTIL,RCLL,TEDL,WDIL,etc.

Aeronautical aid facilities

VORTAC,LLZ,T-DME

Servicehours

08:00 through 19:30(11.5hours)

History

1963/ 7/ 1

Constructed as Kumejima Airfield.

1965/ 1/28

Operation of civil aviation started.

1972/11/14

Notice for current status report on the Kumejima
airfield was issued(Runway length 1,220m)

1973/ 1/25

Permission for the establishment of Kumejima
Airport was granted (runway 1,200m)